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Ask HN: Can You Log into HN with Firefox on Android?

4 points by sethammons ↗ HN
This morning, I've been unable to log into HN from my Android on Firefox. Anyone else experiencing this? I click 'login' at the top of the page, paste in my username and password, click the login button, the page re-loads to the front page of HN and I continue to be logged out. This might be the first time attempting to log in since I installed the latest Android update. Not sure if that is related.

Firefox 68.2.1, Pixel 2, Android 10

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tech4all
Yes this has been happening intermittently to me for the past 3 weeks. Haven't determined the pattern yet but sometimes I will notice I AM logged in.
sethammons
So it is NOT just me! Whew.

@dang, not sure if this is your territory or not. I'm not sure of how to file a bug report :)

Raed667
No issue at all with Firefox 68.2.1, OnePlus7, Android 10. Maybe you have some extension that is messing with your login?
sethammons
Thanks for the suggestion. No add ons / extensions. Just one theme that changes the color scheme called "Default 1.0 - A theme with the operating system color scheme" which I think is just a normal default.
sethammons
Update: turned out I could not log into any website! I cleared cookies, deleted all private data, turned on tracking, ensured cookies were enabled. Not worked. After reinstalling Firefox, I'm back in business. Fwiw, I also have had Firefox lock up twice this week on my laptop. I'm thinking that Firefox just is not as stable as Chrome :(
yellow_lead
This has been happening me for about a week on Firefox Android too. When I restart Firefox it somehow works.
mkbkn
I'm on Fennec running Firefox 68.2.0 esr on Android 9. No extensions installed.

Tried logging in. No issues faced. Working find for me.